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The MBClub collective never ceases to amaze me. Even the most obscure topics often have a few members who know quite a lot and there may even be one or two professional experts. So fingers crossed…
I’m very close to buying a large late Victorian building which will require some restoration to the roof, brickwork, and stonework. Surveys have identified some issues which need to be addressed.
There is damp in several places around the building, some of which appears to be linked to the roof and guttering, and some appears to be linked to spalled brickwork and stone window surrounds.
A roofer, bricklayer and stonemason visited the property and all quickly reached an “extreme” conclusion, ie whole new roof, all walls raked and re-pointed with lime mortar, and extensive stone window repairs.
Now it’s possible that all of this might be required, but what is being proposed by all three tradespeople is completely out of proportion with what two separate building surveyors have suggested.
I will arrange for another round of quotes to compare, but I hoped someone here might have done something similar, or might even be professionally involved in sympathetically restoring similar buildings.
I’d be especially interested if anyone has done something similar in Derbyshire or neighbouring counties, and can recommend tradespeople or businesses who could take on the full project.
Please feel free to PM me if you prefer to do that rather than post publicly. Thanks for taking time to read this post
I’m very close to buying a large late Victorian building which will require some restoration to the roof, brickwork, and stonework. Surveys have identified some issues which need to be addressed.
There is damp in several places around the building, some of which appears to be linked to the roof and guttering, and some appears to be linked to spalled brickwork and stone window surrounds.
A roofer, bricklayer and stonemason visited the property and all quickly reached an “extreme” conclusion, ie whole new roof, all walls raked and re-pointed with lime mortar, and extensive stone window repairs.
Now it’s possible that all of this might be required, but what is being proposed by all three tradespeople is completely out of proportion with what two separate building surveyors have suggested.
I will arrange for another round of quotes to compare, but I hoped someone here might have done something similar, or might even be professionally involved in sympathetically restoring similar buildings.
I’d be especially interested if anyone has done something similar in Derbyshire or neighbouring counties, and can recommend tradespeople or businesses who could take on the full project.
Please feel free to PM me if you prefer to do that rather than post publicly. Thanks for taking time to read this post